2019-01-23

Box plots A case study in debugging and perseverance

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Come on a journey through pull request #2196. What started as a seemingly simple fix for a bug in ggplot2's box plots developed into an entirely new placement algorithm for ggplot2 geoms. This talk will cover tips and techniques for debugging, testing, and not smashing your computer when dealing with tricky bugs.

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Kara Woo

Senior Software Engineer at Posit
Kara is a software engineer on the Connect team at Posit.